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Girish D Gogia | Jul’16 Mob:+918511713868 email: [email protected]

VP ENGINEERING | DIRECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | PROGRAM MANAGER | PROJECT MANAGER

"An Expert in electronics product development and project management"

Objective

Be helpful to rapidly growing electronics product based organizations by utilizing my technical knowledge and managerial experience in electronic prototyping and product development, capitalizing emerging trends through a keen attitude towards detail, team work and innovation.

Summary

Results-driven engineering consultant and project manager with proven track record of superior performance in designing products with a “voice of the customer” focus which move organizations forward and contribute to enhanced revenues. Recognized as honest, integrity-driven, empowering team leader for building, leading and motivating creative development teams to design and develop innovative products that meet demanding requirements by blending company engineering standards, customer requirements, technical knowledge and business acumen to successfully formulate a well defined plan for product development.

Core Competencies

Product Development ( Integrated ⁄ Incremental ⁄ Agile) System Integration Project/Program/Risk Management Planning & Scheduling from requirement analysis to deliveries. Product & Strategic Planning from initiation to pilot proving for manufacturability. Broad Technology Base (Hardware ⁄ Embedded ⁄ Application SW, etc.) Strong Leadership and Management Skills Process Improvement & Change Management People Development and performance management

Skills

Design, development and testing of analog, digital and RF circuits. Strong analytical abilities for problem solving. Good written and oral communication. Good in documentation. Good learner grasping quickly the subject/domain. Target oriented and dedication to work. Hardware Software integration. EMC testing at accredited labs e.g. ERDA, EQDC

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Selected Accomplishments

Best new product development award Secure Meters Udaipur for mesh radio based smart meters. Key role in winning contract, beating deadlines and on time delivery of smart meters to Jemena

Australia. Developed VoIP adapter for plain old telephone POT Installed working RFID based yarn reel handling system at Reliance Hazira Developed VoIP adapter for plain old telephone POT Established voice link between twin tower & Embedded Wireless Labs Malaysia Instrumental in wining order of high power TV transmitter from Doordarshan for Gujarat

Communications & Electronics

Professional ExperienceSr. Program Mgr. at Cimcon Software India Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Oct’15 onwards

IOT Product Development Integration of intelligent Street Light Controller with various network / radio module manufacturers i.e.

Silver Spring Networks; Cisco; Synapse; Ingenu; Itron. I was single point of contact offshore teams of Synapse, Cisco, Ingenu and Itron Resolve the issues arising from EMI/EMC and RF testing of product in labs. Conduct field trials with Cisco CGR1122 router deploying nodes (street light controllers ) with Cisco

stack. Hands on experience with Linux and Python programming Development of indigenous NIC card based on reference design provided by Cisco. Router configuration for DHCP, NAT, outages and other parameters needed in system integration. Integration of various sensors with intelligent street light controllers for Smart City Application

Mgr. Project Management & Systems at Matrix Comsec Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara Aug’14 to Sep’15

Process Improvements Updated prevailing processes to make them more efficient using Jira Updated existing and prepared couple of new checklists and Guide lines for all the functions e.g.

Hardware development, software development, product marketing, product obsolence/ end of life,technical documentation and manufacturing.

Designed workflows on JIRA to use it for project management by monitoring assigned tasks Controlled access rights on svn and other servers having Intellectual Property. Monitored product wise defects occurred to minimize them , take corrective and preventive actions for

future designs

Project Manager at Secure Meters Pvt. Ltd. Udaipur Feb’06 to Feb’14

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Smart Meters for AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Coordinate development of multiple related projects/products directed toward strategic business

( Advanced Metering Infrastructure) capturing world markets for profitable growth Initiate projects, manage cost, schedule, and performance of component (Hardware, Mechanical,

Embedded firmware and Application software) striving for timely delivery of integrated product meeting implied and desired specifications without compromising quality processes.

Maintain continuous alignment of program scope analyzing market requirements involving technical architects to have the product pre-studies and feasibility for efforts and duration of product development and translating them into technical solutions both conceptually and as required at a detailed level.

Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment. Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program mentioning risks and mitigations Projects Completed :

a. Battery based electronic interface unit for diaphragm based gas meterb. Intelligent Interface device for store and forward meter data on low power radio.c. Incremental developments in electronic energy meters having AMR ( Automated Meter

Reading)d. PLC based communication module for electronic energy meter using Echelon chipe. GPRS and 3G terminal modems based on Siemens enginef. Electronic Energy meters ( Direct Current three phase Sprint , Direct current single phase i-Credit

and three phase CT/PT operated Premier ) having Silver Springs USA made mesh radio for communications with back office for AMI network in Victoria Australia

Current assignments : feature enhancement of AMI meters for higher resolution of data recording ( at 1 min interval) enhanced power quality features ( temperature profile, THD profile etc) ; explore new, viable communication technologies like Wimax,3G , GPRS etc for integration with AMI meters.

Project Leader (Hardware) at Matrix Telecom Pvt. Ltd. Udaipur May’04 to Jan’06

EPABX and VoIP Responsible for managing HW design team to develop EPABX, VoIP/GSM gateways, FCT routers, key

phones and other telecom products. Worked on control logic using VHDL with Xilinx FPGA, Ethernet LAN USB ports DSP processors. Interfaced with Embedded SW team to provide reliably working tested HW platform for development of

embedded FW to have marketable product. Explore cost effective components and alternates based on use of internet and vendor interaction. Check the schematics and guide CAD team for release of gerber files. Prepare scripts to test the memory. Involvement in HR activities e.g performance evaluation and interview new entrants Modify VHDL code based on changes needed in design variations across product variants. Products developed : ATA ( Analog Telephone Adapter ) to have VoIP calls from analog phone, VoIP

gateway, Dual PRI/E1/T1 card, GSM gate way for digital PBX, Redundant digital PBX using hot swap cards

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Manager R&D at Hi-Rel Electronics Gandhinagar Jan’04 to Apr’04

RF ID Responsible for development of 13.56 MHz RFID and CDMA+GPS based Vehicle Monitoring Systems in

embedded programming domain. Resolved problems in RFID system installed at Reliance Polyster Plant Hazira.

Manager (Hardware) at Embedded Wireless Labs Sdn Bhd Kualalumpur Malaysia Aug’81 to Nov’00

DSP, FPGA, Telecom Responsible for development of rural telecom system having wireless local loop in 2.4 GHz ISM band

based on patented IPMA protocol and making use of 32 bit DSPs , FPGAs, power PC Co-ordinate with embedded and Application SW teams for interfaces with hardware supporting RF,

ASIC, CAD and mechanical teams in Hardware group. System integration and solve interface problems between sub-systems, site survey, install and

commission the system, conduct field trial. Coordinate with design consultant for implementing core concepts. Supervise and help testing team in testing of multi layered digital boards populated with processors

FPGAs, memories etc.

Probationary Engg. To Manager at Gujarat Communications & Electronics Ltd. Vadodara Dec’00 to Jan’02

PCM Line repeaters, TV transmitters

Probationary engineer ( 1 year), Junior engineer (2 years),Deputy engineer (4 years), Senior engineer (8 years) ,Manger (6 years).

As probationary engg: Understood functions of various sections in the factory and assisted in development of PCM line repeaters used with PCM system

As Jr. engg: Developed supervisory and order wire system for 30 channel PCM line terminal equipments; Integrated the PCM line repeaters in Chennai Design between Mamblam and Mt. Rd exchanges

As Dy. Engg designed and developed sub sytems of TV transmitter e.g. IF modulator, control circuits. Integrated them with power amplifiers ( based on technology from ISRO) to have 100W TV transmitters. Indigenization of technology from collaborators.

As Sr. engg. guided the design team for development of solar powered unattended 10W very low power TV transmitters/transposers based on microcontroller based switching unit; monitoring consoles, audio video switchers in coordination with marketing and business development teams for commercially viable projects, Resolve design/manufacturing issues and support system integration and field trials

As Manager systems supported business development for high power TV transmitters to get business; developed the total system, inspected the equipments form Thomcast France and successfully handed them to Doordarshan.

Jr. Engg. at Elecon Engg. Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vallabhvidyanagar Anand Feb’81 to Aug’814


Maintenance of CNC machinesResponsible for maintenance of CNC lathes and other electronic interfaces like

Asst. Lecturer at Elecon A.V.Parekh Technical Institute Rajkot Jul’80 to Feb’81

TeachingTaught Networks and TV engineering to final year diploma students

Languages known and Tools used

Project Management : MS Project, Agile PLM, XL,Office : MS word ; Powerpoint, Visio, XL, Visual BasicDesign : Solid works (e-drg), Tiny CAD, Easy PCEmbedded : IAR Workbench, Seggar, Code composer, Cygwin, Putty, Audrino, Raspberry-Pi,

Virtual box for Ubantu, VHDL, Verilog, LinuxOS : Linux, Windows, Ubantu, DOS, UnixLanguages : GWbasic,C, C++,, Python, Java, Web : Tomcat, Servlets, HTML, PHP, mySQL, Eclipse IDE

Protocols used and familiar with

Physical : RS-232, RS-485, MODBUS, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet Wireless : Zigbee, , Bluetooth, Wi-fi, GSM, GPRSNetworking : TCP/IP, UDP, LoWPAN6,Proprietary : IPMA, PACT, RCR

International Exposure

GERMANY : CEBIT exhibition in Hannover. USA : Training in HARRIS Broadcast division FRANCE : Inspection of 10KW TV transmitter at THOMCAST UK : Sight seeing on way back from France MALAYSIA : Worked with Embedded Wireless Labs at Kualalampur SINGAPORE : Family visit for sight seeing

Training

2011 : Project Management PMP Prep. Course, MQAS

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Girish D Gogia | Jul’16 Mob:+918511713868 email: [email protected] 2007 : Project Risk Management , Astrowix 2006 : Essential SW Project Management , QAI 2002 : VLSI design , Calorex e-infochips Ahmedabad 2001 : DSP/BIOS II W’shop Texas Inst. Kuala Lumpur 1995 : Managerial Skills for Technical Personnel, BMA

Personal

Name : Girish Dayaram GogiaDate of birth : 8th May 1958Address for communication : A-402, Sparsh Arista, B/H G.B. Shah College Shahwadi Vasna AHMEDABAD 380007 India Mobile no. : 08511713868 Email ID : [email protected] of Passport : H 1620500 (Jaipur) valid up to 05 Nov 2018

Education

Institution /Univ. Year Degree obtained Division & % SpecializationGujarat. Univ. 1980 B.E.(E & C.) Distinction 68% Electronics & CommunicationCBSE New Delhi 1974 Hr. Secondary First 67.3 % Phy, Chem, Maths & Bio

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